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Tuesday- CYC's Got Talent
What a perfect day at CYC! Once again, we started the day with polar bear plunge. This morning was a little chillier than yesterday, but there were still a LOT of brave souls who jumped in!
After breakfast, flag raising and morning chapel (or 'C' of the day is cooperation), we headed to cabin activities. It was perfect for a morning filled with archery, canoeing, sports, nature, swimming, and much more.
After a delicious lunch of grilled ham and cheese and tomato soup, followed by some cabin rest time, campers divided into individual activities. The drama groups worked on their skits for the talent show, the arts and crafts kids were making mosaics and baskets, the sports group played with the parachute, fishers fished, swimmers swam, campers shot archery/slingshots/and thew tomahawks, canoers canoed, campfire cooking made pudgie pies and survival skills built a fire! It was a busy afternoon!
We had dinner (tacos!) and then cabins spent more time in activities like canoeing and arts and crafts.
As if we hadn't already packed enough activity into the day, after evening cabin time, we sang and cheered our way down to the friendship circle for the tuesday campfire. We sang our cabin cheers (showing SO much spirit!), were entertained by a hilarious counselor show, sang lots of songs and then we made s'mores while singing more songs.
After the campfire, we ended the day in Praise and Worship. In addition to listening to a talk about why cooperation is important, we raised the roof and shook the rafters with our enthusiastic singing (accompanied by the CYC Jam Band!).
We are having a blast and excited for more adventures tomorrow.
Have you visited the CYC YouTube channel yet? Check out slideshows from previous weeks, goofy videos of camp staff and much more! http://www.youtube.com/user/cyc1947?feature=watch
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Monday of CYC's Got Talent
It was our first full day of camp today and we are having a BLAST! The day started bright and early with Polar Bear Plunge where some brave campers headed down to the beach to start the day by jumping in the cold lake! A great way to wake up for sure!
On Sunday night, cabins voted and chose the 6 activities they would do as cabin groups and this morning, cabins began the day with their first two activity choices. Groups were canoeing, doing art projects, fishing, dancing and exploring the nature center.
Before lunch, groups were busy writing cabin cheers, painting cabin flags and also tie dying tee shirts (wait until you see the campers rocking their brand new tee shirts on Friday!). Lunch was a camp favorite (chicken patty! yum!!) and everyone was excited to see their counselors sing to earn their campers' mail. After lunch, campers and staff had rest time to relax after a busy morning and get ready for the afternoon ahead!
The afternoon was time for individual activities. On Sunday, campers chose 3 activities (from the list of arts and crafts, throwing- archery, slingshot and tomahawks, fishing, canoe/kayak, dance, drama, sports, outdoor cooking, survival skills). Cabins divide up and campers are able to meet new counselors and other campers while they enjoy their individual activities. Dinner was followed by more cabin activity time.
It's CYC's Got Talent Week and our counselors are sharing their talent tonight. Counselors will be teaching their favorite hobbies in an activity we call CHAOS (which stands for "counselors have another outstanding skill). Campers got to sign up for yoga, Swahili, human musical instruments (which was beat boxing and rapping), horizotal rock climbing (like real rock climbing, but on the field), boat building, and many more.
It's been a full day of fun, but there's still more to come! This evening, we will play our favorite camp game called Angels and Demons. Angels are positioned throughout the forest and campers must take a piece of paper to each angel to get it signed, and then bring the paper back to the bucket. The team with the most papers wins. However, if they are tagged by the demons (don't worry- it's just counselors!), they have to give up their paper and try again. Campers have to be fast, clever and strategic!
After A&D, we will all head to the chapel to end our day with Praise and Worship! Yesterday we learned about all 5 Cs and focused on courage. Today we will be discussing cooperation and singing at the top of our lungs as we praise God!
Have you checked out the photo gallery yet? See all of our adventures here-
https://www.ultracamp.com/gallery/photogallery.aspx?idCamp=257&campCode=cyc
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The First Day of Camp!!
It's our first day of summer 2013 and we are so excited to welcome campers to CYC!!!
Campers arrived this afternoon filled with enthusiasm and energy and were eager to join together in cabin groups to get to know each other. Once campers were in cabin groups, they started teambuilders and name games and then groups gathered their luggage and moved into cabins.
Dinner was a camp favorite (pizza) and then cabin groups headed all around camp to complete a scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt was a good chance to get to tour camp, learn some interesting facts and get to know everyone in the cabin. It was also a great time to get excited about the week!
Cabin spirit is incredibly important to us at CYC and all week long, cabins will be singing their cabin cheers, encouraging each other in positive sportsmanship, and working to earn spirit points.
One of the ways cabins can earn spirit points is when campers use the 5 Cs. At opening Praise and Worship, we discussed the 5 Cs (courage, charity, cooperation, community and Christ) and how we can use them each day to help us be better people (while also earning spirit points).
After discussing the 5 Cs and singing several great songs in chapel, campers were off to the opening campfire to sing songs, watch some counselor skits, get a preview of the week ahead, and enjoy being together as a community!
This afternoon, campers signed up for individual activities and will begin art, throwing, fishing, canoeing and much more tomorrow!
We are off to a strong start with lots of smiling faces and bubbling energy. It is sure to be a wonderful week!
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I LOVE CYC Scholarship Essay Contest!
I LOVE CYC Scholarship Essay Contest!
- Essays should be typed and can be as long or as short as you need to explain what CYC means to you. Art, illustrations or multi-media projects are also welcome.
- Essays must be written by campers only (mom and dad can help, but we want to hear it from the campers!)
- 1 entry per camper
- Submit essay by February 15, 2013.
- Essays will be judged based on creativity, passion for camp and overall message
- Scholarship is good towards one 2013 session of camp.
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Mystery Thursday
It was our last full day of camp this week and so we crammed as much goodness as we could possibly cram into a day!
This morning we decided to save the best activity for the last week of camp.... drumroll.... JELLO FIGHT!!! We made 50 gallons of jello and spread it around the field, blew the whistle and let the gooey-ness fly!! Once we were all covered and sticky, we headed to the lake to wash off.
It was a great day to have an archery/throwing tomahawk/slingshot competition, canoe around the lake, play sports, go fishing, and go swimming. The drama group and dance groups were busy with last minute rehearsal for the talent show and outdoor adventures were building fires and learning how to survive!
After dinner, cabins headed to the Friendship Circle to watch the
It's been a great day at CYC!!!
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Mystery Wednesday!
What a busy day at CYC!
There were so many things going on today! There were the usual great things like cabin activities and individual activities, but also some exciting things that were just a little different than usual.
This morning, the campers were busy with cabin activities like swimming, dance, outdoor adventures, fishing and more! The Golden Olivia has been found and re-hidden several times- these campers are amazing detectives!
Our 'C' of the day was Christ. Not only are we a community that PLAYS together, we are a community that PRAYS together. Father Ben from St. John in Duluth joined us this afternoon and we took some time away from the crazy silly camp activities and celebrated Mass together.
After dinner (BBQ pulled pork sandwiches!), campers went back into detective mode and had to go on a treasure hunt. Campers collected clues all around camp. At each station, they gathered another piece of the map and also a different item (cups, spoons, straws, napkins, root beer). Once all items had been gathered and also all of the pieces of the map, campers put the map together which lead them to Sweeney where they enjoyed root beer floats!
For our final activity of the evening, we turned on the disco ball, blasted the music and let loose at the FABULOUS dance party! And you better believe, these kids can dance!
Whew! Are you tired from reading all of that? We have had a JAM PACKED day of fun!
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Tuesday- Mystery Week
What a perfect day at CYC! It was perfect for a morning filled with archery, canoeing, sports, geocaching, fort building, and much more. After the first cabin activity of the morning, campers headed to the mud pit for an intense round of tug-o-war, followed by each group jumping into the mud pit! After everyone was covered head to toe, we all went to the swim beach to wash off and enjoy all camp swim time.
After a delicious lunch of tacos and cabin rest time, campers divided into individual activities. The drama groups worked on their skits for the talent show, the arts and crafts kids were making paper rocket models, the sports group played with the parachute, fishers fished, swimmers swam, campers shot archery/slingshots/and thew tomahawks, canoers canoed and outdoor adventure campers built a tee pee! It was a busy afternoon!
We had dinner (spaghetti) and then we headed to the center of camp for a fast paced game of FUZZ BALL! This is a game that we invented at CYC. Campers have to collect all 5 fuzz balls for their team without getting tagged and sent to jail or tagged by the snachers. It was a wild game with many rounds!
As if we hadn't already packed enough activity into the day, after FUZZ BALL, we sang and cheered our way down to the friendship circle for the tuesday campfire. We were entertained by a hilarious counselor show, sang lots of songs and then we made s'mores while singing more songs.
After the campfire, we ended the day in Praise and Worship. Our 'C' for the day is Charity. In addition to listening to a talk about why charity is important, we raised the roof and shook the rafters with our enthusiastic singing (accompanied by the CYC Jam Band!).
We are having a blast and excited for more adventures tomorrow.
Have you visited the CYC YouTube channel yet? Check out slideshows from previous weeks, goofy videos of camp staff and much more! http://www.youtube.com/user/cyc1947?feature=watch
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Mystery Monday
It was our first full day of camp today and we are having a BLAST! On Sunday night, cabins voted and chose the 7 activities they would do as cabin groups and this morning, cabins began the day with their first two activity choices. Groups were canoeing, doing art projects, fishing, dancing and exploring the nature center.
Before lunch, groups were busy writing cabin cheers, painting cabin flags and also tie dying tee shirts (wait until you see the campers rocking their brand new tee shirts on Friday!). Lunch was a camp favorite (chicken nuggets! yum!!) and everyone was excited to see their counselors sing to earn their campers' mail. After lunch, campers and staff had rest time to relax after a busy morning and get ready for the afternoon ahead!
It's Mystery Week and one of the cool things campers are doing is searching for the Golden Olivia! Golden Olivia is hidden somewhere at camp and each day at breakfast, campers receive a new clue. We thought Olivia was well hidden, but we didn't count on the SUPER SLEUTH campers! The clue was "Golden Olivia loves to hide, but out or in she can't can't decide."
Anna F thought long and hard- through breakfast and chapel and figured out that the Golden Olivia was hidden in the bell! Way to go Anna! Spirit points for the B2 girls!
The Golden Olivia will be re-hidden and more clues will follow!
The afternoon was time for individual activities. On Sunday, campers chose 3 activities (from the list of arts and crafts, throwing- archery, slingshot and tomahawks, fishing, canoe/kayak, dance, drama, sports, water fun, outdoor adventure). Cabins divide up and campers are able to meet new counselors and other campers while they enjoy their individual activities. Dinner was followed by more cabin activity time.
It's been a full day of fun, but there's still more to come! This evening, we will play our favorite camp game called Angels and Demons. Angels are positioned throughout the forest and campers must take a piece of paper to each angel to get it signed, and then bring the paper back to the bucket. The team with the most papers wins. However, if they are tagged by the demons (don't worry- it's just counselors!), they have to give up their paper and try again. Campers have to be fast, clever and strategic!
After A&D, we will all head to the chapel to end our day with Praise and Worship! Yesterday we learned about all 5 Cs and focused on courage. Today we will be discussing cooperation and singing at the top of our lungs as we praise God!
Have you checked out the photo gallery yet? See all of our adventures here-
https://www.ultracamp.com/gallery/photogallery.aspx?idCamp=257&campCode=cyc
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Sunday of Mystery Week!
Campers arrived this afternoon filled with enthusiasm and energy and were eager to join together in cabin groups to get to know each other. Once campers were in cabin groups, they started teambuilders and name games and then groups gathered their luggage and moved into cabins.
Dinner was a camp favorite (pizza) and then cabin groups headed all around camp to complete a scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt was a good chance to get to tour camp, learn some interesting facts and when cabins completed the challenge, they were rewarded with their team bandanas.
Cabin spirit is incredibly important to us at CYC and all week long, cabins will be singing their cabin cheers, encouraging each other in positive sportsmanship, and working to earn spirit points.
One of the ways cabins can earn spirit points is when campers use the 5 Cs. At opening Praise and Worship, we discussed the 5 Cs (courage, charity, cooperation, community and Christ) and how we can use them each day to help us be better people (while also earning spirit points).
After discussing the 5 Cs and singing several great songs in chapel, campers were off to the opening campfire to sing songs, watch some counselor skits, get a preview of the week ahead, and enjoy being together as a community... oh, and make some s'mores! Campers signed up for individual activities and will begin art, throwing, fishing, canoeing and much more tomorrow!
We are off to a strong start with lots of smiling faces and bubbling energy. It is sure to be a wonderful week!
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Olympic Thursday
It was our last full day of camp this week and so we crammed as much goodness as we could possibly cram into a day!
It was a great day to have an archery/throwing tomahawk/slingshot competition, canoe around the lake, play sports, go fishing, and go swimming. The drama group and dance groups were busy with last minute rehearsal for the talent show and outdoor adventures were building fires and learning how to survive!
Before lunch, we compteted in a few more Olympic challenges- building towers out of marshmallows and noodles, cookie on the face challege (who can get it from their forehead to their mouth most quickly), simon sez, and balloon in the air challenge. Cabins earned spirit points for winning competitions but also for cheering and supporting each other (and other cabins). It was a good day for the CYC Olympics!
After dinner, cabins headed to the Friendship Circle to watch the
What an amazing day!
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